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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Campo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Campo in the 24 hours to 8:28 am PST (16:28 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 122 km (76 mi) E, at 10:27 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 321 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Campo
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 26 km (16 mi) east of Campo, CA, at 6:56 pm PST on 13 February 2023 (02:56 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 23km SW of Ocotillo, CA
91 km (57 mi) ESE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 6:56 pm PST on 13 February 2023 ()
- Where
- 26 km (16 mi) east of Campo, CA · earthquakes near Campo
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 71 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Elsinore fault, 25 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1367 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Campo, 26 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.5 on 2020-05-10 — about 19,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 28 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.2 21km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 29 km N of this epicentre
- 5.0 26km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 41 km NNW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 32.6160, -116.1910. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | NW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 91 km (57 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 17km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 1.5 24km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.8 20km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
- 2.4 26km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
- 2.2 20km ESE of Ocotillo, CA
- 2.9 26km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
- 1.6 18km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.6 18km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.8 25km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
- 2.1 16km ENE of Campo, CA
- 1.8 17km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.6 18km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 2.0 18km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.9 15km W of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 2.0 14km W of Progreso, B.C., MX
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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